#509EA4#509EA4

#509EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.077 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EA4
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -22.26, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 24.62, 205.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0716 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.077 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2333, 28.8376, 39.5093)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EA4 #A45650

analogous

#50A480 #509EA4 #5074A4

triadic

#509EA4 #A4509E #9EA450

tetradic

#509EA4 #8050A4 #A45650 #74A450

square

#509EA4 #8050A4 #A45650 #74A450

split-complementary

#509EA4 #A45074 #A48050

monochromatic

#284F52 #3C767B #509EA4 #75B7BC #9ECCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#509EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EA4

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EA4	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.077 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbbf',
    500: '#509ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ea4;
$custom-light: #88bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65221,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EA4

secondary

#BD9693

accent

#655DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EA4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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